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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Jerry Maguire Is At Least Better Than We Bought A Zoo

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Since Edge of Tomorrow in June 2014, Cruise has exclusively been in either sequels or reboots. Now, sequels aren't inherently bad thin...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Director Frank Oz Delivers Some More Solid Entertainment With The Score

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His work for the Muppets tends to gain greater precedence in terms of his public profile but Frank Oz has managed to have quite the solid ...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Searching for Sugar Man Balances Absorbing Twists with Grim Reality to Make a Great Underdog Tale

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Who doesn't love a good underdog tale? We've been telling these kinds of stories ever since we were squatting around fires conjuri...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Crip Camp Powerfully Depicts The Kind of Unity That Transcends Time and Space

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Being on the Autism spectrum, I've predominately grown up in environments where I'm typically the only Autistic person in the room...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Cameraperson Finds Captivating Unity Across Disparate Pieces of Footage

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Kirsten Johnson has been doing this for a long time. She's been a cinematographer for documentaries for a little over three decades no...

In Laman's Terms: Why Is Universal Pushing For Shorter Theatrical Releases?

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In Laman's Terms is a weekly editorial column where Douglas Laman rambles on about certain topics or ideas that have been on his mind ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Rita Hayworth Delivers A Lead Performance For The Ages in the Endlessly Awesome Gilda

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The Femme Fatale archetype is a common one in the terrain of film noir's but who is the most iconic of the numerous examples of this ...

Night Moves Is One of Kelly Reichardt's Most Eerie Works

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The trio of lead characters in Night Moves just wanted to make a difference. Josh (Jesse Eisenberg), Dena (Dakota Fanning) and Harmon (Pe...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Blow the Man Down Is a Thoroughly Unique Dark Comedy

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Sisters Mary Beth Connolly (Morgan Saylor) and Priscilla Connolly (Sophie Lowe) already had enough on their plate. These residents of a sm...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sorcerer's Bleak But Masterful Filmmaking Is Like Some Form of Magic

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SPOILERS FOR SORCERER AHEAD The William Friedkin movie Sorcerer begins with a series of standalone sequences establishing the backstorie...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Pete Davidson Tackles Darker Material Well in Big Time Adolescence

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The time has come for Pete Davidson to enter an age-old ritual for a Saturday Night Live cast member. His first lead role in a movie. Dati...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Kelly Reichardt Mellows Out But Never Forgets Her Filmmaking Skills For Old Joy

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There's plenty I find fascinating about the works of Kelly Reichardt but I'm especially intrigued by how she depicts the relations...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

Yes, Groundhog Day Is A Comedy Worth All The Hype

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OK, yes, somehow, I hadn't seen Groundhog Day until very recently. I've been well aware of its pop-culture ubiquity given how ofte...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Ordinary People (Mostly) Works as a Grim Family Drama

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Ordinary People begins on an appropriately slower note as we follow the day-to-day lives of the Jarrett family. Father Calvin (Donald Sut...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Thoughtful Direction and Costume Designs Aren't Enough To Fully Save The Frequently Formulaic Stargirl

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Stargirl tends to evoke thoughts of other movies rather than its own distinct identity. For one thing, there's no getting around how i...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

White Material Is a Grim But Engrossing Effort From Director Claire Denis

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I've only seen two Claire Denis movies, High Life and now White Material. However, if these two features are any indication of her ov...
Friday, March 13, 2020

American Splendor Delivers Both a Unique Movie Biopic and a Top-Notch Paul Giamatti Performance

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My primary complaint with so many movie biopics is how rigidly standard they can be. Too often, they're paint-by-numbers stories that ...

Bloodshot Is The Worst Thing To Happen To America This Week

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"How can I have nightmares if I have no memories?" - Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel), Bloodshot  I guess we were so busy with the w...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

The Generic Qualities of All The Bright Places Weigh Down Its Better Aspects

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The first time the protagonists of All the Bright Places , Violet (Elle Fanning) and Finch (Justice Smith), meet, Finch has to talk Vio...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Grand Illusion Remembers the Humanity of the Soldiers Caught Up In War

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The older a classic movie is, the larger its shadow looms over pop culture. With more years to leave an impressive, the likes of Citizen K...